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A glitch at Amazon is causing numerous websites and apps that rely on the company's Amazon Web Services offering (AWS) to fail or deliver poor performance, especially for users on the East Coast of the United States. AWS is one of the world's largest providers of cloud services, and its currently hiccupping Amazon Simple Storage Service (which launched about a decade ago and is commonly referred to as Amazon S3) is today used by numerous online businesses as part of their critical infrastructure. The outage is, therefore, affecting many companies, including Netflix, Time, Pinterest, Business Insider, and Airbnb. Furthermore, because content from many providers that use AWS is loaded onto pages outside of their own sites, the outage is also affecting sites that do not directly use AWS themselves. Amazon has reported the issue on its AWS dashboard, stating, "We continue to experience high error rates with S3 in US-EAST-1, which is impacting various AWS services. We are working … [Read more...] about Massive Internet Outage Caused By Amazon Cloud Glitch

Houston authorities are searching for a gunman on the run who allegedly “executed” a 9-year-old girl and injured her mother Monday night. The mother was watching television with her three children, ages nine, three and one when her ex-boyfriend, Jeremiah Jones, allegedly showed up at the apartment shortly before 11:00 p.m., according to Fox Houston . “The family got separated. The suspect here, executed a nine-year-old little girl in the apartment with a handgun,” Det. Sgt. Michael Cass said. “He then went after the mother and she was shot.” The mother was reportedly shot near the shoulder and was taken to a local hospital for treatment. The nine-year-old girl was taken to the hospital with a gunshot wound to the head and was pronounced dead, according to the report. Jones has been charged with capital murder and was out on bond for gun-related crimes at the time of the shooting. (RELATED: ‘How To Murder Your Husband’ Author Sentenced For Murdering Her Husband) … [Read more...] about Suspect ‘Executed’ 9-Year-Old Daughter Of Ex-Lover, On The Run, Police Say

Today the iPhone celebrates its 10th anniversary as one of the best-selling products of all time. As a communication specialist, I mark the event for a slightly different reason. The launch of the iPhone was accompanied by one of the best business presentations in corporate history. Here are five techniques that Steve Jobs used to make the iPhone launch magical and memorable, tips that you can use in your very next pitch or presentation. 1. The Setup A good story--and nearly every successful Hollywood movie--follows the three-act structure: setup, conflict, and resolution. The setup is key. It introduces the characters and provides the background to move the action forward. In the 2007 iPhone presentation, Jobs built up the narrative before he even mentioned a new product. "This is a day I've been looking forward to for two and a half years," Jobs began. "Every once in a while, a revolutionary product comes along that changes everything ... Apple … [Read more...] about 5 Reasons Why Steve Jobs’s iPhone Keynote Is Still the Best Presentation of All Time

If you're looking for capitulation in 2022, it's in the bond market. And that tells you that investors' confidence in the global economy is very low. Inside the stock market, it's all about defense. Defensive stocks, which include big healthcare companies and dividend-paying value stocks, have been driving the gains. An index of global defensive stocks put together by Goldman Sachs, which is heavy in healthcare giants, has climbed to more than an 18-month high relative to the MSCI AC World Index. Inside the U.S., the defensive ETF ticker DEF has been outperforming the Spider ETF SPY all last week and all year. For market watchers, this feels a whole lot like a recession trade. While investors in the capital markets are battening the hatches for a recession, money in the private markets is also drying up. The value of venture capital deals in the U.S. dropped more than 25% in the second quarter to just $1 trillion, according to Dealogic . M&A activity in the United States … [Read more...] about What the Business Cycle is Telling us About a Recession

This article first appeared in The Edge Malaysia Weekly, on June 20, 2022 - June 26, 2022. - A + A THE share price of DRB-Hicom Bhd has been on a downward trend since December 2020, when the shortage of semiconductors became apparent the world over. Last Friday, DRB-Hicom was trading at RM1.16 — its lowest since March 23, 2020. This means DRB-Hicom is now trading at the level when stocks tumbled in reaction to the first Movement Control Order (MCO), which was implemented in March 2020 to contain the spread of Covid-19. This is in contrast to other automotive or automotive-based groups listed on Bursa Malaysia. For example, Bermaz Auto Bhd is trading at more than double the level on March 23, 2020, and MBM Resources Bhd is 38% higher than at the start of the pandemic. Shares in Sime Darby Bhd, which is also a conglomerate like DRB-Hicom, were up 43.5% last Friday compared with March 23, 2020. UMW Holdings Bhd, another conglomerate with a huge automotive … [Read more...] about At an almost two-year low, DRB-Hicom is still demonstrating upside uncertainty

Our exposure to chatbots is at an all-time high. From customer service to commerce to healthcare, chatbots are the fastest growing brand communication channel , thanks to their ability to handle issue resolution, remove friction in surfacing common information, and enable self-service to relieve human bottlenecks. advertisement advertisement But the growing chatbot landscape shows signs of fracture. In a recent study, over half of consumers who use chatbots cite dissatisfaction due to the frustration caused by “inconsistent answers” across chat and human assistance, while ranking preference of digital service channels like social media, human chat, and even email over chatbots. A finer point still, 60% of consumers would still rather interact with a human than a brand’s chatbot because of the ability to solve more complex and personal problems. The irony is that a chatbot’s premise to exist is to offload human-to-human interactions while … [Read more...] about Chatbots need to evolve to stay relevant in the age of virtual assistants

As recently as last month, news outlets across the country were still covering the Great Resignation —the unprecedented shift in turnover that saw employees leaving their jobs in droves in search of better positions. Yet in light of the recent tech-stock selloff and economic downturn, it looks like the tech industry’s insatiable appetite for new talent is slowing among certain industries. This is being touted as the Great Reset . advertisement advertisement Over the last few years, enthusiastic tech founders were able to take advantage of an unusual period in history where the market was flush with capital from overzealous investors and government-backed stimulus. Those founders are now waking up to a new reality and discovering that the money they raised is being burned at an unsustainable pace. Companies are making difficult decisions as a result, including a wave of layoffs across the tech industry. Other companies, including Meta , are … [Read more...] about How employers and candidates can adjust to the Great Reset

Photo from PDEA MANILA, Philippines — Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) agents confiscated assorted kinds of illegal drugs valued at P2.5 million from a condominium unit in Pasig City on Friday morning. Armed with a search warrant issued by Pasig City Regional Trial Court Branch 152 Judge Danilo Cruz, PDEA said agents combed through the room and found the following illegal substances: approximately 500 grams of kush approximately 250 grams of suspected cocaine 100 pieces of capsulized ecstasy approximately 450 milliliters of acetone approximately 75 milliliters of suspected marijuana oil 1 blister pack mogadon tablet PDEA said the subject of the search warrant was also arrested. PDEA did not indicate in the spot report it has sent to members of the media the barangay or neighborhood where the condominium is located, and simply described it as “high-end.” Photo from PDEA Further, PDEA said that aside from the illegal drugs, agents likewise recovered … [Read more...] about PDEA seizes P2.5M worth of drugs from posh Pasig City condo unit

A dog that has been trained to sniff out the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), screens a sweat sample at Chulalongkorn University, in Bangkok, Thailand May 21, 2021. REUTERS/Jorge Silva BANGKOK — Thailand on Friday deployed dogs trained to detect coronavirus infections by sniffing samples of human sweat, as the country deals with a spike in infections, including many without symptoms of the virus. Three of six trained Labradors made their debut at Bangkok’s Chulalongkorn University after trials that the project leader said had shown a success rate of about 95%, with about 2,000 samples sniffed this month. “The canines are very fast at screening,” said co-researcher Thitiwat Sirprasart. “At this pace, we are able to isolate those whom we suspect are infected from those who are virus-free.” The dogs are not required to smell the humans directly. Sweat samples are collected from humans and stored in small metal containers for the dogs to inspect one by one. When a suspected … [Read more...] about Sweat-sniffer dogs make Thai debut as coronavirus detectors

Patrick Mahomes #15 of the Kansas City Chiefs eludes Carl Granderson #96 of the New Orleans Saints during the fourth quarter in the game at Mercedes-Benz Superdome on December 20, 2020 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Chris Graythen/Getty Images/AFP Patrick Mahomes threw three touchdown passes and the visiting Kansas City Chiefs won their ninth consecutive game by defeating the New Orleans Saints 32-29 on Sunday in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. Mahomes completed 26 of 47 for 254 yards as the Chiefs improved their NFL-best record to 13-1. Drew Brees returned from a four-game absence due to rib and lung injuries to complete 15 of 34 passes for 234 yards with three touchdowns and an interception as the Saints (10-4) lost their second straight after a nine-game winning streak. The Chiefs led at halftime, but Brees threw a 24-yard touchdown pass to Latavius Murray on the first possession of the third quarter to give the Saints their only lead at 15-14. Mahomes answered on the ensuing … [Read more...] about Chiefs subdue Saints, Brees for ninth consecutive win